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The housing debate: What are my retirement options?

In contrast to many other professions, farming remains a largely inherited occupation.

And having a home on-farm for the retiring farmer to move into when the successor takes over would help curb any financial and emotional stress.

The CLA is calling on Government to support farming families by recognising in planning policy for England ‘that building a new home in the countryside is justified when it will enable a farmer to retire and transfer a farm to the next generation’.

Research by the CLA showed the farmer entry rate of 2 per cent over the last five years (2013-2018) was much lower than the exit rate of 18 per cent over the same period.

But 84 per cent of respondents said they operated ‘established family farms’ which were responsible for managing 86 per cent of the areas covered in the survey.